Instrument for tamping the beds of railway-ties



(No Model.)

S. W. HUDSON.

INSTEUMENT EOE TAIVIPING THE EEES 0E RAILWAY TIES. No. 273,363. I l Patented Mar. 6,1883.

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SAMUELW. HUDSON, OFV HUDSONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA.

INSTRUMENT F'oR TAMPING THE BEDS o F RAILWAY-TIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,363, dated March 6, 1883,

Application filed November 13, 1882. (No model.)

To all rw/Lom it may concern; Be it known that I, SAMUEL W. HUDSON, of Hudsondale, in the county of Carbon and State ot' Pennsylvania, have invented an Improved Instrument for Tamping the Beds of Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification. l

The object of my invention is to provide an instrument by which earth or ballast may be firmly packed under the ties of a railroadtrack. This may be necessary either in laying new roads in order to give a rm, durable bed to .the ties,- and also in repairing old tracks, where the ties have sunk and the road must be leveled up.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of my improved instrument, shown in its relation to a railroad-tie. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of an instrument of somewhat different construction from that illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of my improved instrument, showingadouble handpiece on the end of each handle; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views, showing the shapes ot the tamping-heads or thrust ends ofthe in- 4the handle, and is pivoted at the apex or cor-` ner C 4thus formed in a connecting link or block, D. This block ispro'vided with a series ot' apertures, d, so that the two parts of the instrument may be adjusted toward or from each other. The end of each curved arm orjaw B is formed with or provided with an enlarged end or tampingor thrust head, b, such as shown in the various figures.

By applying the instrument over a rail, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and alternately raising and forcing down the handles the tamping material or ballast can be rmly driven and compacted under the tie.

In Fig. 2 a different means of adjustment is illustrated. In this figure a slotted link or 5o connectingblock is shown,andoneof the parts of the instrument is permanently pivoted in/ one end of it. Ihe other half ot the instru'- lnent is provided with a hearing-pin, x, which may be placed in either pair of a series of in- A clined slots, y, in the connecting-block.

In Fig. 3 I have shown an instrument having a cross-piece, E, upon the end of each handie providedwith two hand-pieces,e e.

L-I have described my improved instrument 6o as designed more especially for talnping railroad-ties; but it may ot' course be used for a like operation elsewhere.

I am aware that it is not new to employ7 a camping-instrument consisting of two curved jaws pivoted together and operated by an arm or lever connected with thejaws by means of jointed links or arms, and I make no claim thereto.

Having thus described my invention, what 7o I claim as ne\v,vand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Thecombination ofthe handles,thecurved orhbentjaws having tamping or thrust heads, aud the connecting link or block in which the opposite parts ot' the instrument are pivoted.

2. The ramping-implement consisting of the combination, substantially as set forth, otA two rigid pivoted in'dependently-movable handles, each having a curved or bent arm or jaw, and 8o a tamping or thrust head on theend of each of said arms.

3. The combination, substantially as set forth, of the handles, the curved or bentjaws having the-tamping or thrust heads, the connectng link or block, and the series of pivoting-apertures in said block, by means of which the opposite parts of the instrument may be adjusted toward or from each other.

In testimony whereofl I have hereunto sub- 9o scribed my name.

SAMUEL W. H UDSQN. 

